Shipping-crate.



No. 766,829. PATENTED AUG. 9, 1904.

- J. M. KENNY.

SHIPPING CRATE.

APPLICATION FILED Avena, 190s.

N0 MODEL.

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| IIII wit/wane WW1/W UNITED STATES Patented August 9, 1904.

PATENT Y OFFICE.

JOHN MIOHAEL KENNY, OE NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR OF TVVO-THIRDS TO PERKINS BAXTER AND ALEXANDER G. HUNTER,

OE NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

SHIPPING-CRATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,829, dated August 9, 1904.

Application filed August 4, 1903.

To all when?, it may concern.-

Beit known that I, JOHN MICHAEL KENNY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shipping-Crates, ot' which the following is a speeitlcation.

My present invention relates to packing'- crates for shipping bottles and other commodities of oblong' shape in such a manner as will give them protection against being' bumped together; and its object is to produce a packing-crate which will be lighter, stronger, and tougher than any other crate now in use for such articles.

Another object of my invention is to produce a packing-crate of the character described which will not require the use of excelsior, sawdust, cotton, or other padding' to protect the articles shipped against being injured or destroyed by jarring contact with each other.

Another object of my invention is to produce a shipping-crate or' the character described which will save the shipper' freight by diminishing the weight of the crate in which his articles are shipped and will at theisame time give him better protection of the articles shipped.

Another object of my invention is to produce a packing-crate ot' the character described which will not only afford to the articles shipped protection against weather, pillage, and molestation, but at the same time will provide them with ample ventilation and ready means or being handled.

I attain these and other ends not specially pointed out, by means oi' the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts eX- plained in the specification, pointed out in the claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specilication, in which- Figure 1 is a view in perspective of one of my packing-crates having the lid partly raised so as to expose the interior formation. Eig.

2 is the side view of a longitudinal section through one of my packing-crates with the the body and the lid ot' the crate.

Serial No. 168,136. (No model.)

lid down, and Fig. 3 is the side view of a crosssection through one of my packing-crates with the 11d down.

rions views or' the drawings.

l is the body of the crate, which may be i made of any material and or' any size and shape, but, as shown, 1s made or' wood, of low rectangular shape, and reinforced at the corners v by the braces 2 2 2 2 on the end faces.

3 is the lid of the crate, hinged on one side or' the body and reinforced by the braces 4 4 on either end.v

5 is a partition-piece placed crosswise of the interior space about midway thereof and made to stop short of the top thereof.

6 is a series ol oblong' apertuers provided in the'upper side and end surfaces of the boxshaped trame, two on each side and one in each end-for handholds in lifting the crate and for ventilation purposes.

7 is-a wire which is passed through two or more series oi holes S, made in lines one above the other all the way around the box-iframe, each hole of the lower series being in avertieal line beneath one in the upper series. 9 9 9 9 represent `groove-beds made across the end braces 2 2 2 2 to accommodate the wire to at least the depth of the diameter thereof, and l0 and ll together form a spring-lock between After these two or more series of holes for the wire lacing have been made in lines one above the other all the way around the box-frame of the crate, each hole of the lower series being exactly beneath a hole of the upper series, the wire lacing is put on by securing one end of the wire in any suitable manner on the box- 'rame land then inserting the other end through a hole, carrying' .it across to and passing it through a hole on the opposite side, then traveling horizontally along the outer surface oil that side to the next hole or' the same series, then through that hole across to the opposite side, through the corresponding hole on that side, and so on, till one series is completed,

then skipping from one series to the other and proceeding in like manner till the result shown in Fig. l has been achieved, or, if preferred, both ends of the wire may be passed through any two consecutive holes of the same series and both ends of the wire worked at the same time.

When the single strand of wire passes from end to end ot' the crate, it is made to go through holes in a' partition piece 5 corresponding with those in the end pieces of the box-frame, which creates a mutual support between the Wire and the partition-piece.

It is obvious that in passing from end to end the wire intersects the cross-strands and forms wire-cellswhose sides are measured by the respective distances between the holes of each series and the series themselves, so that the dimensions of such cells may be made to suit the particular article for which any particular crate is i designed and exactly accommodate such article. While this wire lacing provides these cells, it also strengthens the crate and makes it lighter and more durable than wooden cells would be. Besides it lends such resiliency to the walls of such cells as may be necessary to protect the articles in them from bumping together violently.

In passing around the corners of a wooden frame I may, if I prefer it, provide grooves fessee across the end braces in line with each series for the wire to rest in when rounding the corners.

Having thus fully described my invention and without meaning to be restricted to the exact construction and arrangement of parts shown and described, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In shipping-crates, the combination, with a box-shaped outer frame having a Xed bottom and a hinged lid, of a transverse partitionpiece parallel with and about midway between the end walls of said outer frame and wovenwire interior cells on either side ot' said partition-piece, said cells being formed by passing but a single strand ot' wire sucessively and intersectingly from side to side and end to end of said frame through two or more lines of holes one above the other and at suitable distances from each other and from the top and the bottom of said frame on its sides and ends, and said partition-piece having the longitudinal strands of said wires passed through it, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I alix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN AMICHAEL KENNY.

Witnesses:

PERKINS BAXTER, WARNER SETTLE GLEAvEs. 

